[…] The results provide pleasant glimpses of Utah’s traditional heritage to the casual reader as well as stimulation for the professional folklorist. The reminiscences survey numerous aspects of Utah existence in earlier days. Juanita Brooks […]
[…] Can the study of history produce a personal philosophy that will be satisfying—or should one even look for such a philosophy in history? Can one find a basis for value judgements in history? Is […]
If J. Reuben Clark, Jr., will be remembered largely for his involvement in international affairs, another Mormon leader, Reed Smoot, is notable for his contribution both to international relations and domestic American affairs. In […]
[…] the history-keeping activities of the Church, of “writing, copying, selecting, and obtaining all things which shall be for the good of the church, and for the rising generations that shall grow up on the […]
[…] a number of years ago. I was trained as a mineral engineer so that it is natural for me to interpret the seven periods of creation as long geological ages. Radioactive dating and other […]
Joseph Fielding Smith is a name that has been known to the Latter-day Saints for well over sixty years. His leadership and counsel have been manifest in the leading councils of the Church since […]
[…] street to avoid him. Business ventures collapsed; credit ceased. But what hurt most was that a man for whom the Church had been his entire life—he’d been an apostle since the age of twenty-five—now […]
[…] educator, and philosopher. He has been a member of the University of Utah faculty since 1948, except for a period in 1961-1962 during which he served as United States Commissioner of Education. At the […]
[…] the lives of Joseph Smith’s grand parents that draw attention to the moral fibre of the family. For example: Solomon Mack’s willingness to gamble his life to save a fallen comrade during military action […]
[…] state” which curves down to Tower 1. After checking in and greeting other officers who were assembling for a roll call of the graveyard shift, I went to work. Every night at midnight I […]